Non-refillable bottle.



J. JENSEN. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 11, 1912.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

waif?? COLUMBX A FLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. C

UNITED PATENT QFKC.

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No-N REFILLABLE BQT'ILE;

Specification t Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16,19 I3.

Application filedlune ll, 19.12.. ,S.eria1No..702,Q98..

the vessel, which mechanism" may be quickly and firmly secured to: any" vessel of the ord1- nary forms without more. than a slight al tcration in thesaid vessel;

Other objects are to; provide apparatus. of

this character which is; simple, efifective and clean in its operation; and'which will perinit the ready egress ofthe contents of the:

vessel while positively preventing manual access for refilling the vessel without de stroying the latter.

A further object is toprovide certain improvements in theconstruction, form and arrangement of the various: parts, whereby the above-named objects may be efiectively carried out.

isrepresented in the accompanying; drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents: a vertica'l section showing part of a conventional formof bottle: with the non-refilling attachment secured therein in the position which it assumes when the outlet of the bottle is: above a horizontal, Fig. 2 represents asection taken in the plane of the line ofFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3

represents a section. taken in the plane of' the line B--B of Fig. 1, looking in the direc tion of the arrows, Fig. 4t represents a section taken in the plane of the line C0 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 5 represents a sectiontaken in the plane of the line D-D- of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 represents a section taken in the plane of the line E-E of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The neck of the bottle is denoted by 1 and is provided near its outer end with a pair of diametrically opposed circular recesses 2 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

A cylindrical cage 3, composed of porcevessels, with thezob-ject: view cit-providing mechanism for preventing: the refilling of or other suitablematerial, has a driving fit. wlth the interior of the; neck of the bottle, and is arranged thereinwith its outer edge flush: with the outer end of the neck of the bottle. This cage 3 is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed holes 4 ar ranged to register with the recesses 2 the neck of thebottle I. The cage 3, has, at its inner; end, a valve seat 5 fitted toreceive a puppet valve 6, which valve is arranged on 1 the seat so as to open outwardly. The valve 6 has. a hollow stem.- 7 which is: secured by molten porcelain or any other convenient manner, the end of a silk gut cord 8 which passes downwardly through the valve andseat 5, and isprovided its inner end within the vessel with a marble or other weight 9, which is slightly heavier than the valve 6; and is covered by cork so as tOjHSh float.

A guide: 10, flat in cross section, issecured by a driving, fit at the extreme inner end ,ot the; cage 3, and has: a centrally disposed vertical hole 11 through which the gut cord 8 passes for supporting the marble or other 1 weight 9 in proper position for insuring the L effective operation of. the apparatus. A practical e nhodlme-nt at my invention y A guide 12 is arranged by a driving fit order that it may be readily pervious to jliquid, A perforate disk- 13, also having a driving fit with the interior of the cage 3, is

located above the guide 12 a suihcient dist ance to permit an adequate opening ofthe .valve before the stem thereof engages the said disk. The perforations 1a with which this disk is provided are located at a distance from the center thereof, in order to permit the said center to be solid and act as an effective means for preventing manual access to the valve from without the bottle. The apparatus further includes a cork seat which has an enlarged outer portion 15 of approximately the same diameter as the exterior to the mouth of the vessel, and a reduced portion 16 which has a tight fit with the interior of the cage 3. This reduced portion is provided with a pair of diametrically disposed recesses 17 adapted to receive 3 and the inner face of the enlarged portion of the cork seat. The'reduced portion 16 of the said cork seat is provided with a pair of vertical holes 20 therethrough for permitting the egress of the contents of the vessel, while the enlarged portion 15 has a relatively large cylindrical seat 21 for receiving a cork of the ordinary or any other desired form, which cork is indicated by 22.

In assembling the device,the vessel should be provided with the recesses 2, the cage 3 with its parts in proper position forced into the neck of the vessel until its holes 1 register with the recesses 2, and then the cork seat 15, 16, forced into the cage 3 and turned until the spring plungers 18 snap through the holes 4 and into the recesses 2. The vessel should, ofcourse, be filled before the apparatus is inserted in the neck thereof. The cork 22 could then be forced into the seat 21 and the vessel sealed.

When it is desired to empty the vessel, it is merely necessary to remove the cork 22 and then pour out the liquid, as is done in the case of any ordinary vessel. When the vessel is tilted so as to pour the contents from it, the weight '9 will fall to one side of the vessel, and slacken up on the gut cord 8 so as to permit the valve 6 to be forced from the seat 5 by the liquid, which liquid will pass through the apertures in the guide 12, the disk 13 and in the cork seat 15,16. After the vessel has been emptied, it cannot be refilled; because as soon as its neck or outlet is raised above a horizontal, the weight 9 will roll down the side of the vessel, pulling the valve 6 onto the seat 5. It will be seen 7 that the plungers 18 prevent the removal of any of the parts, and that thecork seat 15,

'16, and the disk 13, effectually prevent man-' its seat. v r v Allparts-o-f the of porcelain or other material which may ual access to the valve so as to raise itfrom be permitted to come into contact with the r contents oft-he vessel without having any deleterious efiects upon the liquid; the springs for the plungers 18 being the only metallic parts. I c

It will be understood that various changes may be resorted to in the form, construction and operation of the several" parts without apparatus are composed departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do notv wish to limit myself strictly to the but What I claim is structure herein set'forth,

A device of the character described coma I prisingacage, a valve seat fitted in one .end thereof,- apuppet valve arranged to rest on said seat and. adapted to move inwardly therefrom, a perforate cork seat fitted in the other end of the cage, a perforate guard,

having its perforations out of vertical alinement with the perforations in said cork seat, fitted in said cage below said cork seat, a perforate guide for the stem of said puppet valve having its perforations out of vertical alinement with the perforations in said guard and said valve, mechanism consisting of a weight flexibly securedto sa d valve and depending into the-vessel, said mechanism being adapted to hold the valve'on its seat whenvthe cage isheld above ahorizojn' tal with the valve seat downward, and means to secure the device in a bottle neck.

In testimony, that Iclaim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name in copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner; pf Patents, Washington, D. O. u 

